Free schools idea flawed..focus needed elsewhere such as GCSEs!
School funds cut before opening Government funding to a free school in Bradford is withdrawn a week before it was due to open. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/uk-england-leeds-19396745
I am personally totally opposed to the whole ‘Free Schools’ enterprise. If there is one thing that requires a carefully managed, centralised system it is surely compulsory education. How can we possibly standardise if we encourage a sub system that is virtually autonomous?
There are many problems with the present system, not least the woeful standard of GCSE qualifications, but surely we should be working towards changing and improving the system, not looking for cheaper alternatives beyond government control?
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